With this car began 110 years ago, Skoda’s car adventure
Posted on 29-10-2015 at 19:12 by Ricardo – 24 Comments”
Why are we basically stopped with the mounting of the comfortable sofas in cars?
Like many brands, was automotive production not on the basis of the company. The founding fathers of Skoda, mechanic Václav Laurin and the bookseller Václav Klement, began in 1895 with the production of their own bikes, under the name of Slavia in Mladá Boleslav. Four years later the range was expanded with the first motorcycles. The Slavia type A had a 1.25 hp, the slightly more powerful model B rammed a not sick 1.75 hp to the rear wheel.
Voiturette A
Not much later, went to the lord on the new hype in transportland: the automobile. Carriages without horses. Their first attempt was the Voiturette A, with a water-cooled four-stroke V2 engine with 7 hp. The Voiturette was introduced in 1905. Shortly after the first photos in the Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung (fotokopij) were published, and the first test drives, behind the back, went to the model in the sale.
The construction of the Voiturette A was, according to the modern architectural principle of a motorradiator before the engine and an inclined steering column. To the 1.005 cc storey twin cylinder was a transmission with three gears linked with a clutch lined with leather. Could when just.
40 km/h
The top speed of the Voiturette A, of which there are 44, 40 km/h. Further, it was a pretty standard car for that time, with levers instead of a poker, and a comfortable sofa in place of car seats. Good times. In the 110 years that followed built Skoda yet another 17 million cars, and grew the brand into an international operating company which is certainly in the last few years stylinggebied large steps are made (Yeti not included).
At such milestones, it is always nice to take a look back at the beginning, and now you can, because Skoda has a set of gift photos of the Voiturette A released: click!
Gallery: Skoda Voiturette A
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